front-load

verb

front-loaded; front-loading; front-loads

transitive verb

: to assign costs or benefits to the early stages of (such as a contract, project, or time period)

Examples of front-load in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That’s not unusual for any project from a superstar in today’s music economy—streams keep hits and full-lengths afloat, while pure purchases front-load a title’s success, and then drop off precipitously. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024 Economists at at Wells Fargo, Sarah House and Michael Pugliese, said that the larger cut was the Fed front-loading the easing cycle, perhaps due to concern about a cooling labor market as jobs gains had slowed. Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 23 Sep. 2024 Watch on Deadline The 1.8M figure released today technically reflects views through end of June 2024 but awards shows are front-loaded, with the majority of watching of the telecast done live or shortly thereafter. Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2024 Many of the programs are geared toward preschoolers, in part because of a desire to front-load a child’s life with meaningful experiences in nature. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for front-load 

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Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of front-load was in 1976

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“Front-load.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front-load. Accessed 4 Oct. 2024.

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